Talking-moving-picture apparatus.



F. w. MATTHEWS. TALKING MOVING PICTURE APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-20' I914.

1,210,665. Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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I TALKING-MOVING-PICTUBE APPARATUS.

from the picture and various expedients have been resorted to in theattem t to do this. One method has been to p ace the talking machine andprojector behind the picture screen, but in this instance this wasobjectionable on account of the loss of light and sound which took placewhen the screen was between the audience and the projector apparatus andsound reproducing device. Another method has been to place the talkingmachine at the side of the screen and the projector in front of thescreen at a roper istance but perfect synchronism con (1 not be obtainedas the projector and talkin machine could not e reliably connectethrough a distance. The tallnn machine and rojector could be mechanicaly coupled toget er on one base and located at the rear of the auditoriumand directed toward the screen but while in this instance synchronism isroduced the illusion of the sound coming rom the picture is entirelylost.

The mechanical synchronism has been accomplished by'means of belting themachines or by shafts extending through the auditorium but on account ofthe distance between the machines this has proven unreliable andexpensive to install necessitating two operators, one at each machineand cansing difliculty in communication between them where instantunderstanding is necessary. Synchronism by means of electric motors hasproven unreliable and in most cases requires two operators.

In the present invention I couple the talking machlne and projectordirectly together, for example mechanically with a simple shaft locatingboth instruments upon a single base and I place this unit at the screenpreferably close to one side thereof. As thus arranged the the raysforward over t e heads of the audience and I provide a reflector at asuitable point in theauditorium to reflect these rays ack and throw themagainst the screen.

Specification of Letters latent.

Application flied August $0, 1914. Serial No. 857,651.

roj ector will throw Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

In this manner there is perfect synchronism between the talking machineand projector as it is not diflicult to mechanically couple themtogether on the same base by means of gears'and it is impossible for oneto operate at a different speed from the other. The talking machine islocated so close to the screen that it gives the illusion of the voiceor other sound coming from the screen. It is the employment in thecombination of the reflector which turns the rays back against thescreen which enables me to locate the projector in front of the audienceto couple it direct to the talking machine m a the auditorium in whichthe people are seated. 1

2 designates the screen upon which the.

moving picture is thrown and which is located at the front-end of theauditorium and faces the audience.

3 designates a base upon which is mounted a talking machine 4 and apicture projector v5, these two machines being set at an angle relativeto the extended plane of the screen and being connected togetherdirectly by a shaft 6 so that they operate in perfect synchronism.

7 designates a reflector which may be 10- cated rearward of the screenat an intermediate point in the auditorium above the audience, or it maybe located at the back part of the auditorium. This reflector isparallel to the screen and out of axial alinement with the screen andreceives the ra s 8 from the projector and throws them bac as rays 9against the screen 2. The picture projector 5 is set at an anglerelative to the extended plane of the screen, and out of axial alinementwith the reflector. With this arrangement the talking machine is locatedimmediately adjacent one edge of the screen 2 so that themost perfectillusion is obtained and perfect synchronism is obtained by reason ofthe mechanical connection between the talking machine and the projector.

What I claim is:

Talking moving picture apparatus comprising a projecting machine and atalking eles, Cfelifornia, this machine located adjacent to one another,my hand at Los Ang meaxllls positively c0nnecti 111g the two far 14thday of August 1914..- sync ronous o eratlon, a vlewm screen a Y jacentto the t wo machines an a reflector FREDERICK WEBSTERIMATTBEWS 5 remotefrom the machines for receiving the In presence of image and reflectingit to the screen.

In testimony wherecf, I'have hereunto set M. J. BUTLER,

LORRAINE E. DURROW.

